Article: LifePoint Hospitals Completes Sale of Smith County Memorial Hospital.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. -- LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPNT) today announced the completion of its previously announced sale of Smith County Memorial Hospital, a 63-bed hospital located in Carthage, Tennessee, to Sumner Regional Health Systems, Inc.

"We are pleased to complete this transaction, one which we believe will benefit the staff, patients of Carthage and surrounding communities," said Kenneth C. Donahey, chairman, president and chief executive officer of LifePoint Hospitals. "Sumner Regional Health Systems, Inc., a private, not-for-profit system, owns a number of facilities including Carthage General Hospital, a 25-bed critical access hospital also ...

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